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Myxomygale antiqua

Osteichthyes - Talpidae

Taxonomy
Myxomygale antiqua was named by Filhol (1890). Its type specimen is MNHN Qu 8682, a mandible (with p4-m2), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Phosphorites du Quercy (old collections - Oligocene), which is in an Oligocene/Oligocene karst phosphorite in the Quercy Phosphorites Formation of France. It is the type species of Myxomygale.

Entered
by L. van den Hoek Ostende on 2007-01-16; modified by P. Mannion on 2017-03-02

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Myxomygale antiqua Filhol p. 177
1974Myxomygale antiqua Crochet p. 114

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Eulipotyphla
suborderSoricomorphaGregory 1910
infraorderSoricotaKalandadze and Rautian 1992
superfamilyTalpoideaFischer de Waldheim 1817
familyTalpidae(Fischer de Waldheim 1817)
subfamilyTalpinaeFisher von Waldheim 1817
tribeUrotrichiniDobson 1883
genusMyxomygale
speciesantiqua

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Myxomygale antiqua Filhol 1890
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J.-Y. Crochet 1974Urotrichini possédant 7 alvéoles dentaires en avant dúne p4 et des molaires entourées d'un fort bourrelet cingulaire: les molaires diminuent de taille vers lárrière, ont un métaconide antérieur au protoconide, un talonide haut. Le paraconide de m1 est nettement antérieur: la branche montante est typique de la tribu.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: fossorialf
Diet: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 18:41:29
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988

Age range: MP 30 or 27.30000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene - Late/Upper Oligocene33.9 - 23.04France (Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées) Myxomygale antiqua (type locality: 184039)
MP 23 - MP 2533.9 - 23.04Germany (Hesse) Myxomygale antiqua (186510)
MP 3027.3 - 23.04Germany (Bavaria) Myxomygale antiqua (84364)